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- Born Poor? Santa Fe economist Samuel Bowles says you better get used to it http://sfreporter.com/stories/born_poor/5339/all 51 comments
- Santa Fe Decriminalizes Marijuana: City Council votes 5-4 to reduce marijuana penalties http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-9126-santa-fe-decriminalizes-marijuana.html 16 comments politics
- NM Lawmaker reconsiders bill requiring criminal background checks for medical marijuana patients: Rep Bob Wooley, R-Chaves "suspects some patients may be growing extra marijuana and selling it to their friends, or even schoolchildren. But he couldn’t point to any specific reports of program abuse" http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7273-hash-gripe.html 25 comments politics
- VIDEO: Former congressional candidate caught slashing fellow GOP candidate's tires http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-4124-video-former-congressional-candidate-caught-slashing-fellow-gop-candidates-tires.html 45 comments politics
- Simmering SOPA - "Hendry compares online piracy to walking into the box office with a gun and demanding a ticket to a show." http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-6509-simmering-sopa.html 5 comments politics
- Free markets may be efficient, but they create inefficient societies. Here's why. http://sfreporter.com/stories/born_poor/5339/all/ 29 comments reddit.com
- One in four Americans is employed to guard the wealth of the rich. Guard labor ranges from “imposing work discipline”—think of the corporate IT spies who keep desk jockeys from slacking off online—to cops enforcing laws. http://sfreporter.com/stories/born_poor/5339/all/ 6 comments politics
- I love New Mexico but sometimes it deserves "The Land of Manana" moniker.....Dem still counting after one week http://sfreporter.com/articles/publish/outtake-021308-super-letdown.php 3 comments politics
- Contractors acting as de facto security forces are working for the US government as well as companies that need to provide protection for employees. They wear military-like clothing. They carry weapons. They fire back--and sometimes first--at Iraqis. But they are not US military troops. http://sfreporter.com/articles/publish/cover-053007-soldiers-of-fortune.php 3 comments reddit.com